Recent content by cymru001

To everyone, I would like to thank you for you input and especially thank Ban all Sheds for his links. I would, however, like to say a few things in defence of my original design. When I had the house re-wired, the spark asked me what I would be using in the garage. I told him about the...

I love my shed! I thought I was being safe! What would I need to do in the house? I could use the existing main switch in the garage. Would I go for a 20a RCBO? What size MCB would be good for the shed? Bear in mind it will have a pair of double sockets, an interior light plus 5...

The final ring (now planned to be radial) is not all I would be running from within the shed. As I've posted, I want to set up lighting for the garden.

Essentially I was going to tell them exactly what I'd posted on here. I thought I could explain what I currently have and then what I propose to do. I am thinking safety first which is the reason for the two CU's (Garage and shed). I felt this would give greater protection, even if slightly...

I thought that would be a simple way of doing it, I was just worried about the loading of it all and making sure it was safe!! Plus, had I thought of that a couple of years ago, I would've saved a lot of time in stock piling all I thought I needed!! I guess I need to come here first when I...

I see. Is this something I could test myself? If so what equipment would I need? I work in the rail industry and know guys who install electrical equipment. I could ask them if they have the relevant test equipment. I am thinking of going down the local building inspector route as I...

OK, a radial set of sockets it is then! What size MCB should I use and if one light developed an earth fault, how would I trace it? What about the rest of the earth arrangments, would the rod be acceptable?

Why are you going to use a ring for a 16A circuit? It seems like the right thing to do Let's try that again. Why does each module need an MCB to itself? Agian, I just thought it right to protect each module individually. Are you saying I could have one MCB and create a ring to supply...

I'm thinking each light will have a 2.5 mm sq SWA cable running to it. Each cable will require the armour to be earthed. I know I could probably use one large metal box and terminate each cable to it, but I already have the small, single socket sized metal boxes with blanking plates. These...

Thanks for the reply. The sockets in the garage are on a ring the light in the garage is radial. The sockets in the shed along will be a ring and the interior light will be radial. Each exterior light will be radial via the remote control module. I thought the in line RCD's would...

I have looked through the various post on this site and whilst I've found a lot which are relative to my question, none of them really provide a direct answer. I have a garage which currently has power for sockets and lighting. The garage is fed from a 40 amp MCB in the house CU via a 6 mm...

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